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Major themes
the structure of a adth: isnad
and matn
the collection of the adth
the elevation of adth to
revelation within a legal framework
the arguments between the adth
folk and their opponents
the evaluation of adth in nonMuslim scholarship
The structure of a
adth
On the authority of Abu Hamza Anas
ibn Malik: The Prophet said:
None of you (truly) believes until he
wishes for his brother what he wishes
for himself.
It was related by al-Bukhari and
Muslim
The traditional
narrative
of
the
For first generations of Muslims after the
Prophet,
the isnad was
not important;
collecting
of
hadith vs. sunna
by the end of the 1st century (ca. 720)
traditions
isnad increasingly important
the place of al-Zuhri (d. 124/742)
early collections: Musnad and Musannaf
Prophetic Tradition in Maliks (d. 179/795)
al-Muwaa (importance of Medinan practice)
The Six Canonical Books
Raising hadith to the status of revelation
with al-Shafii (d. 204/820)